Martha Graham, Letter to the World (Kick) 1940Barbara Morgan (1900-1992 USA)
Capturing gesture, volume and line, Morgan created a permanent and timeless image from an essentially ephemeral experience. In Graham’s performance, based on the life of Emily Dickenson, and in Morgan’s photograph, the poet is portrayed as both messenger to the world and recluse. The dancer extends into space as she holds her head downward, in an introspective, melancholic pose.
Martha Graham, Letter to the World (Kick) 1940Barbara Morgan (1900-1992 USA)
Capturing gesture, volume and line, Morgan created a permanent and timeless image from an essentially ephemeral experience. In Graham’s performance, based on the life of Emily Dickenson, and in Morgan’s photograph, the poet is portrayed as both messenger to the world and recluse. The dancer extends into space as she holds her head downward, in an introspective, melancholic pose.